Since 1996 New Zealand Performance Car has been the voice of the country’s modified import car scene. It was there to see the first import 10-second quarter mile run, there when the first official drift battle ensued, there when the first show trophies were handed out, and there to bring NZ its very first Super Lap time attack event. Each month the very best of NZ’s modified import car scene is served up. It’s New Zealand’s number 1 selling monthly motoring magazine and is New Zealand’s import performance authority and for good reason…it leaves the others for dust.

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NZ Performance Car

HERO CONTRIBUTOR DUNCAN ROURKE

CONTRIBUTORS

HONDA CIVIC TYPE R GETS A REVAMP!

MUSCLE GARAGE IS BACK

NZ PERFORMANCE CAR NIGHT SPEED DRAG WARS

LVVTA MAKES BIG CHANGES TO CERT PLATES

4 & ROTARY SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPS – TIMARU • IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT THAT YOU’D LIKE TO SEE IN THE GIG GUIDE, EMAIL EDITOR@PERFORMANCECAR.CO.NZ WITH ALL THE DETAILS

Silvia STACKIN • IF THREE’S A CROWD, SIX IS JUST A GODDAM PISTON PARTY! STEVE KERR SHOWS US HIS SIX-DEEP SILVIA STACK — YOU THINK YOU CAN TOP THIS?

V8S14 DRIFT CAR

NISSAN SILVIA (S14)

THE COLOUR SHOW

NISSAN SILVIA (S14 BOSS)

NISSAN SILVIA (S15)

NISSAN SILVIA (S15 RB26)

NISSAN SILVIA (200SX)

BODY SMATCHER • HOW A B-SERIES HONDA CIVIC SEDAN EVOLVED INTO A K-SWAPPED, FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE-CONVERTED FORCE-FED MANIAC READY FOR WAR

FREE TICKETS TO BIG BOYS TOYS

STAYINRG POWER • HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, WE’VE SEEN PLENTY OF TUNERS AND PERFORMANCE WORKSHOPS COME AND GO LIKE FRESH RUBBER ON A D1 CAR, BUT JACKY TSE’S JTUNE AUTOMOTIVE HAS 15 YEARS ON THE BOOKS AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE MANY MORE TO COME

INITIAL J: STAGE X • SOAKING UP THE BATTLES AND BANTER AT THE ANNUAL GATHERING OF CIRCLE JERKS: JERKFEST 2020

FLOATING ON AIR • DELIVERING A LEFT-RIGHT-GOODNIGHT COMBO TO THE ‘COILOVERS AND WHEELS ISN’T A BUILD’ CROWD WITH A VOLVO 244 SO WELL REFINED YOU SIMPLY COULDN’T ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE

YOUR SHOTS IN PRINT

BIG AMBITION • SHAUN CONSTABLE FROM AMBITION WORKS TALKS US THROUGH HIS FOUR-YEAR JAPANESE AUTOMOTIVE JOURNEY

STRIKE ONE MARK • FEW PROSPECTS SHOULD SCARE YOU MORE THAN THE DOUBLE THREAT THAT IS A HIGH-300KW JZX100 STREET SHARK CAPABLE OF TEARING YOU TO SHREDS ON THE ROAD ONLY TO STUN ON YOU IN THE CAR PARK WITH A COLLECTION OF CHROME-DRIPPING ROLLERS

DRIET SOUTH ROUND ONE • COVID-BRED OFF-SEASON MONSTERS HIT MIKE PERO MOTORSPORT PARK IN ANGER FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF DRIFT SOUTH FOR THE 2020–2021 SEASON

BIG BLOCK H-SERIES MINI COOPER • SURE, PEOPLE SWAP HONDA MOTORS INTO MINIS ALL THE TIME — HOWEVER, IT’S USUALLY THE SMALL 1600CC B-SERIES MOTOR. TRENT’S MACHINE IS PACKING HONDA’S H-SERIES; THE BIG BLOCK OF HONDA FOUR-BANGERS!

TUNING JAPAN • GLOBAL AUTO JAPAN — IS THIS GT-R HEAVEN?

NAME: KYLE WATSON AGE: 24 // LOCATION: AUCKLAND OCCUPATION: REFRIGERATION ENGINEER

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NAME: BRENDAN AGE: 35 // LOCATION: AUCKLAND OCCUPATION: BUILDER

PRODUCT REVIEW

MCKENZIE ON A ROLL

BILLET BLOCK PROJECT • TOP-SHELF TRACK SUBARU IN THE BUILD

ZENKI’S RZ SUPRA

JDM KILLER VOLKSWAGEN GOLF

HI-POWER PERFORMANCE R34 GT-R UPDATE

D-CLUB JZX100 MACHINE CHECK

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